Consumer Electronics Show

Mobile devices might soon "augment reality" by providing information from the Internet in real time, predicted Intel CEO Paul Otellini at the Consumer Electronics Show. He said that devices will become location-aware and will provide access to the Internet over WiMax wireless connections. "Instead of going to the Internet, the Internet comes to us," Otellini said. "We need a ubiquitous, wireless broadband infrastructure. Eventually we will blanket the globe in wireless broadband connectivity." Otellini said his future will require exponentially more powerful processors that use less and less power, which will require breakthroughs in chip development. At CES, Intel unveiled a range of new processors, including chips for "mobile Internet devices," which Otellini said will be able to deliver the Internet "with no compromises," and will be only slightly larger than mobile phones, but are expected to shrink in size by a factor of four within two years.